Chapter 30 Cat Good
Ever since Bai Qingchen was assassinated, Lin Feng refused to return to Liuyun Peak no matter what. He moved directly to live next to Bai Qingchen's courtyard in Wendao Peak and stayed by his side every step of the way.
Su Yue also often came to disturb him on the pretext of exchanging talismans.
Bai Qingchen tried to persuade them several times but it was useless, so he could only let them do as they pleased.
For several days, the sea was calm.
There were many people on the Wendao Peak, and with Lin Feng, a sword cultivator in the late foundation building stage, by their side, the other party seemed to have really given up.
The tense nerves gradually relaxed, and even Su Yue smiled again. She began to discuss the new talismans she had learned with Bai Qingchen.
That afternoon, the three of them sat around the stone table in the courtyard, and Su Yue enthusiastically showed off her newly improved wind-inducing talisman.
Bai Qingchen was listening attentively, his eyes inadvertently sweeping across the inside of Su Yue's wrist holding the talisman, and his brows furrowed slightly, barely perceptible.
There seemed to be an extremely fine, almost transparent dark red line, extending a short distance like a spider web, faintly visible under the fair skin.
If it weren't for his profound medical skills and eyesight far beyond that of ordinary people, it would be almost impossible for others to detect it.
"Junior Sister Su, let me see your hand." Bai Qingchen suddenly spoke in a calm tone.
Su Yue was stunned and stretched out her hand in confusion: "What's wrong, Senior Brother Bai, do I have ink on my hand?"
Bai Qingchen didn't say anything. His fingertips gently rested on her wrist, and a trace of extremely pure and gentle spiritual power penetrated into her.
Lin Feng also noticed something was wrong, stopped and looked at it nervously.
After a moment, Bai Qingchen's face darkened.
He withdrew his hand and looked at Su Yue: "Do you feel anything strange in your body today? For example, a slight numbness, or a faint soreness deep in your joints?"
Su Yue was startled by his serious look. After thinking about it carefully, she said uncertainly.
"It seems like since yesterday afternoon, my right wrist has occasionally felt a little numb. I thought I was tired from drawing talismans for too long. Brother Bai, what's wrong with me?"
"Bone-eating spider venom." Bai Qingchen spoke word by word, his voice icy cold.
"What!" Lin Feng stood up suddenly, and the chair was knocked over with a harsh sound.
"Bone-eating spider? Such a vicious thing!"
The blood drained from Su Yue's face in an instant. She had heard of the reputation of the bone-eating spider venom. It was hidden in the early stages, but once the poison took effect, it was like thousands of ants gnawing at the bones. It was extremely painful and difficult to eradicate. It was one of the notorious and insidious poisons in the world of immortal cultivation.
No wonder everything has been calm recently. It turns out that they have set their sights on the people around him.
Seeing that he was guarded by Youyou and Lin Feng and had no idea where to start, the other party changed his target.
Su Yue was his good friend, and they had experienced trials together. Attacking her would not only allow him to avenge himself, but also disturb his mind, and even... lure him into the game!
"It must be that bastard named Li!" Lin Feng roared angrily, his fists clenched so hard that they made a crackling sound.
"He knows that you, Su Yue, and I are close! Only a sinister villain like him would resort to such despicable means as poisoning!"
Su Yue was puzzled as to why this matter was related to Senior Brother Li of Qingfeng Mingyue. Lin Feng told her everything about his previous conversation with Zhou Yan.
After learning about Li Xiuyuan's true face, Su Yue was angry and scared, and her body trembled slightly.
"I'm going to the Law Enforcement Hall to sue him!"
"It's useless." Bai Qingchen analyzed calmly, "Given Li Xiuyuan's background and his usual cautious style, the poisoning must have been flawless, leaving no evidence for the Law Enforcement Hall."
"We have no evidence to support our claims, and he might even turn against us and accuse us of framing our fellow disciples."
"Then what should we do? Are we just going to watch him get away with it and let Su Yue be poisoned in vain?" Lin Feng said unwillingly.
"Of course not." Bai Qingchen's eyes flashed with coldness, "Lin Feng, go find the great elder of Liuyun Peak, Chen Yi's master."
"Looking for him?" Lin Feng and Su Yue were both stunned.
He looked at Lin Feng and said in a deep voice, "The Great Elder was unable to seek justice for Senior Brother Chen because he had no evidence to point to Li Xiuyuan."
"But Senior Brother Chen was his most beloved disciple, and seeing him suffer this fate, how could he not have any grudges in his heart?"
"Now, Li Xiuyuan has used poison again. No matter how much he planned, he probably never expected that his most powerful poison would be discovered so quickly and become a clue pointing to him. This is his biggest flaw!"
Lin Feng's eyes lit up: "I understand. Let's kill him with a borrowed knife. Let the Great Elder deal with him! Okay, I'll go right away!"
Without saying a word, he grabbed his sword and rushed out of the yard.
Bai Qingchen turned to the pale Su Yue and softened his tone: "Don't be afraid, it was discovered early, and the toxin is still on the surface. This kind of poison is not difficult to cure in the early stages."
He took out several medicinal herbs and a small jade bowl from his storage bag and began to prepare the antidote with swift movements.
The mixture of medicinal powders gave off a strange fragrance. He asked Su Yue to take it, and then used silver needles to pierce several of her acupuncture points to guide the medicinal power to expel the poison.
Looking at Bai Qingchen's focused and calm profile, and feeling the cold and numb feeling in her body being slowly dispelled by a gentle medicinal power, the fear in Su Yue's heart gradually subsided.
The lessons at Wendao Peak are temporarily over.
Before leaving, Zhou Yan was reluctant to leave. He pulled Bai Qingchen's sleeve and almost wrote the words "Come with me" on his face.
"Junior Brother Bai, are you really not going to reconsider? We in the Yantian Sect are really good! My master said that as long as you are willing to come, you can enter the Sutra Library freely, and the best seat in the Alchemy Room will be reserved for you!"
"He also asked me to bring you back to see him!" Zhou Yan used all his strength, his eyes were sincere and a little pitiful.
Bai Qingchen was amused by him, but also felt a little emotional in his heart.
"Brother Zhou, I appreciate your kindness. Please thank our respected master for his concern for me. Although Lingxiao Sect is not a pure land, I must continue on the path I have chosen. He will understand the message you sent me."
Seeing that he had made up his mind, Zhou Yan could only sigh helplessly: "Okay, okay, then you must be more careful. If there is anything, you must inform me. My Yantian Sect is not far away!"
He walked away, looking back every few steps, and his back looked a little lonely.
Bai Qingchen watched him leave, silently saying in his heart: "Old friend, thank you for your concern. When I finish my business here, I will come to find you for tea and discussion."
Back at Hanyuan Peak, the wind and snow were still there.
As soon as he reached the entrance of the mountain path near his courtyard, Bai Qingchen saw a slender figure leaning against a black rock sheltered from the wind, holding a half-empty wine gourd in his hand. It was Chen Yi.
He seemed to have been waiting for a while, his cheeks were red from the cold, but his eyes were much clearer than usual, with a complex emotion.
"Junior Brother Bai." Chen Yi saw Bai Qingchen and spoke in a hoarse voice, his voice intermittent in the cold wind.
Bai Qingchen paused and walked up to him: "Brother Chen, has the spider venom come back?"
Chen Yi tilted his head back and took a sip of the cold wine, "I'm just a little craving for this, that's all."
He had just received a message from his master, informing him that he had caught Li Xiuyuan and would definitely seek justice for him.
The pungent liquid seemed to give him courage. He stared at Bai Qingchen and said, "You saved me last time, and I'm indebted to you. I heard you were assassinated while going down the mountain this time? And was it also related to Junior Sister Su Yue's poisoning?"
Bai Qingchen looked at him and nodded calmly: "Yeah."
Chen Yi was silent for a moment, as if struggling with something. Finally, he lowered his voice, with deep hatred and a hint of relief.
"It's Li Xiuyuan, right? The bone-eating spider venom is his usual method. I was also poisoned by this so-called accident back then." His tone was firm, and it was obvious that he had already determined this answer in his heart.
Bai Qingchen did not deny it.
Chen Yi's face showed a trace of bitterness and self-mockery. "I suspected it back then, but what's the point? I had no evidence. He was the Second Elder's direct disciple, a direct descendant of the Li family! And I was already a cripple at the time."
He clenched the wine gourd tightly, his knuckles turning white. "Now that it's confirmed to be him, what can we do?"
"Brother, don't be angry." Bai Qingchen said in a steady voice, "The Great Elder will definitely find out the truth for you."
Chen Yi stared at Bai Qingchen in a daze, his lips trembling, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just nodded with endless gratitude and relief.
He patted Bai Qingchen's shoulder, said nothing more, and walked into the wind and snow with his wine gourd in hand, taking one step forward and one step back.
The back seemed to be straighter than before.
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